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    SAWMH.ICC
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    Good morning Everyone,

    I have a few questions today on disposable curtains and their use in general and Transmission based precaution rooms. The company claims that the curtains in anti-microbial and can hang for up to 12 months, unless contaminated. Does anyone currently uses these curtains in your facilities, and if so:

    1. How often do you change them?
    2. Do you throw them out when a patient gets discharged from a Transmission based precautions room?
    3. If it gets thrown out, do you do it for all organisms, or just for Droplet and Contact spread organisms?

    Thank you
    Marlize
    Infection Prevention and Control is Everybody’s Business

    Marlize Senekal
    Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator
    St. Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital
    Wickham Terrace
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    #68730
    Jane Tomlinson
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    Hi
    Have not been convinced of sustained antimicrobial effect on any reading I have on support materials from any product maybe you have found a new item? We change our curtain whatever the product after every infectious patient
    regards
    Jane
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    >>> “SAWMH.ICC” 7/09/11 10:27 >>>
    Good morning Everyone,
    I have a few questions today on disposable curtains and their use in general and Transmission based precaution rooms. The company claims that the curtains in anti-microbial and can hang for up to 12 months, unless contaminated. Does anyone currently uses these curtains in your facilities, and if so:
    1. How often do you change them?
    2. Do you throw them out when a patient gets discharged from a Transmission based precautions room?
    3. If it gets thrown out, do you do it for all organisms, or just for Droplet and Contact spread organisms?
    Thank you
    Marlize Infection Prevention and Control is Everybody’s Business
    Marlize Senekal
    Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator
    St. Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital
    Wickham Terrace
    Spring Hill, Brisbane
    Ph. (07) 3834 4328
    Ext. 4328, Pager 0328

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    #68731
    Helen Scott
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    Hi,
    We don’t use them at this stage but have looked at them.
    Helen.
    Helen Scott
    Infection Control Co-ordinator &
    Acute Pain Service Co-ordinator
    Nepean Private Hospital
    Penrith, NSW.
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    >>> On 7/09/2011 at 10:27 am, in message , SAWMH.ICC wrote:
    Good morning Everyone,
    I have a few questions today on disposable curtains and their use in general and Transmission based precaution rooms. The company claims that the curtains in anti-microbial and can hang for up to 12 months, unless contaminated. Does anyone currently uses these curtains in your facilities, and if so:
    1. How often do you change them?
    2. Do you throw them out when a patient gets discharged from a Transmission based precautions room?
    3. If it gets thrown out, do you do it for all organisms, or just for Droplet and Contact spread organisms?
    Thank you
    Marlize Infection Prevention and Control is Everybody’s Business
    Marlize Senekal
    Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator
    St. Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital
    Wickham Terrace
    Spring Hill, Brisbane
    Ph. (07) 3834 4328
    Ext. 4328, Pager 0328

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    #68732
    Antony Shannon
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    Hi there, we had these curtains up in our ICU for 12 months with no issues. We replaced them once due to a contact precautions patient being in a side room. As for the antimicrobial factor I am still not sure it works. However they are very good at being able to be sponged clean if a small spillage occurs on them.
    Antony

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    Good morning Everyone,

    I have a few questions today on disposable curtains and their use in general and Transmission based precaution rooms. The company claims that the curtains in anti-microbial and can hang for up to 12 months, unless contaminated. Does anyone currently uses these curtains in your facilities, and if so:

    1. How often do you change them?
    2. Do you throw them out when a patient gets discharged from a Transmission based precautions room?
    3. If it gets thrown out, do you do it for all organisms, or just for Droplet and Contact spread organisms?

    Thank you
    Marlize
    Infection Prevention and Control is Everybody’s Business

    Marlize Senekal
    Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator
    St. Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital
    Wickham Terrace
    Spring Hill, Brisbane
    Ph. (07) 3834 4328
    Ext. 4328, Pager 0328

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    #68733
    Chard, Colette
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    Hi Anthony,

    Where do you source the supply from was it an Australian or New Zealand
    company as the ones we were looking at the only rep available was in NZ

    Kind regards

    Colette Chard

    Infection Control Coordinator

    North West Private Hospital

    PO BOX 443

    Everton Park

    QLD 4053

    07 3246 3145 / 3246 3183(Tuesdays)

    email:chardc@ramsayhealth.com.au

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    Behalf Of Antony Shannon

    Hi there, we had these curtains up in our ICU for 12 months with no
    issues. We replaced them once due to a contact precautions patient being
    in a side room. As for the antimicrobial factor I am still not sure it
    works. However they are very good at being able to be sponged clean if a
    small spillage occurs on them.

    Antony

    “It Just Takes One……….To Make A Difference”

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    Antony M Shannon | CNS | Infection Prevention & Control – Dunedin | Te
    Tari Arai me te Pupuri Uruta – Otopoti | Southern DHB
    Private Bag 1921, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand | Ext. 9654 | Office: 03
    470 9654 | Mob: 027 600 4869 | Fax: 03 470 3876 |
    antony.shannon@southerndhb.govt.nz

    Behalf Of SAWMH.ICC

    Good morning Everyone,

    I have a few questions today on disposable curtains and their use in
    general and Transmission based precaution rooms. The company claims that
    the curtains in anti-microbial and can hang for up to 12 months, unless
    contaminated. Does anyone currently uses these curtains in your
    facilities, and if so:

    1. How often do you change them?

    2. Do you throw them out when a patient gets discharged from a
    Transmission based precautions room?

    3. If it gets thrown out, do you do it for all organisms, or just for
    Droplet and Contact spread organisms?

    Thank you

    Marlize

    Infection Prevention and Control is Everybody’s Business

    Marlize Senekal

    Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator

    St. Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital

    Wickham Terrace

    Spring Hill, Brisbane

    Ph. (07) 3834 4328

    Ext. 4328, Pager 0328

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